Teleological Ethics and Lying
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13-10-2014
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Vol 19 No 1-2 (2012), Debates contemporáneos sobre utilitarismo, pages 47-58
Submitted: 13-07-2014
Accepted: 13-10-2014
Published: 13-10-2014
Abstract
In opposition to the deontological doctrine of truth, that tends to consider morally illicit every lie under a rigorist or absolutist view of moral truth, the normative thesis I will propose in this article is that of morally judging the lies from the intention of the Speech act and its likely consequences.
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Teleology, deontology, Kant, utilitarianism, Lying, Lie
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